Farm or stock gate



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FARM 0R STOCK GATE.

(Application filed Nov. 19, 189B.)

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No. 62|,552. Patented Mar. 2|, I899.

J. W.- BAKER.

FARM 0R STOCK GATE.

(Application fl 1ad. Nov. 19, 1898.)

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(No Model.)

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JAMES W. BAKER, OF BUZZARDS BAY, MASSACHUSETTS.

FARM OR STOCK GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,552, dated March 21, 1899. Application filed November 19, 1898- Serial No. 696,849. (No model.)

To 6!, whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES W. BAKER, of Buzzards Bay, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm or Stock Gates, of which the following is a description sufficiently fu1l,clear, and'exact to enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains or with which it is most nearly connected to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of farmgates which are so supported and hinged that they may be moved back longitudinally in order that a small gate, as for the accommodation of foot-passengers, may be opened, and then, if desired, be swung upon its hinges to open it to its fullest extent for the passage of teams and wagons.

Reference is to be had to the annexed draw ings, and to the letters marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same letters designating the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one member of the pivotal hinge comprising part of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the other part of the hinge, a portion thereof being broken away to better exhibit the structural character of the member. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the member shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a gate constructed in accordance with my improvements, showing the gate as partially open and by dotted lines as in raised position. Fig. 5

is a plan view of the gate as represented in full lines in Fig. 4.

In the drawings, a designates the gate proper, which is composed of longitudinal bars b, of suitable boards or like lumber, and

vertical end pieces 0 c, to which the longitu- 1 dinal bars I) are nailed or otherwise secured. Intermediate of the end pieces 0 0 cross pieces or slats d may be nailed or otherwise secured to the longitudinal bars b, so as to construct a frame, as shown in Fig. 4.

e, f, and g designate posts secured in the ground at proper points, so as to support the gate and permit it to be operated, as hereinafter described. When the gate is closed, it will extend between the posts g and f, as is indicated in Fig. 6, and when the gate is partially open it will be sustainedby the posts 6 and f and when fully open it will be sustained by l the post f alone.

The principal parts comprising my irncures it to the post, as stated.

The swinging hinge is composed of two members 1c and Z. The member is, which may be termed the pintle member, has a spike m connected with it, which spike is adapted to be driven into the post f, so as to extend diagonallytherefrom,as is,perhaps,most clearly represented in Fig. 5. By this means the swinging hinge is attached to the post. The spike we may be provided with spurs n to maintain it in place after being driven into the post.

The outer projecting and efficient part of the memberk is provided centrally with a hole 0, into which the pintle p of the member Z may project. The eflicient part of the member k is furthermore provided with pins q, projecting from opposite sides and from the outer margin of said member for a purpose to be presently explained. In addition to the features before mentioned the efficient part of the member is provided on its opposite sides and at the opposite edges of its opposite sides with inclined ledges 0", upon which the base of the member Z rests when the gate is in open position. One of the ledges on each side of the member lo inclines from the inner side toward the pin q and the other from the pin q toward the inner side.

The member Z consists of a base piece or part integrally connected with the pin 19, and from said base there project upwardlyon opposite sides of the base two side pieces, which at their ends are grooved to receive the journals 8 of rollers 25, each member Zbeing equipped with two rollers, located at opposite ends of the said member.

The gate before described will, after the posts are secured in the ground and the roller h and hinge i are secured to the posts 0 and f, respectively, be hung upon the swinging hinge and roller by placing the lower edge of a bar of the gate between the two side pieces roller may turn upon the said stud, which seof the member Z upon the roller tand upon the roller h, connected with the post e.

The swinging hinge will in practice be placed at a little higher point than the roller It, so that the gate when hung upon the hinge and roller and properly supported by hand will have its free end tend to gravitate toward the post 9 and so assist in closing the gate. Furthermore, guiding and holding clips it 1; may be connected with the posts, so as to engage some of the longitudinal bars of the gate and hold the same against lateral dis placement by pressing thereagainst; and, again, the bars I) of the gate will be cut away at proper points, so that the said bars Z) may be released from the roller hand holding-clips u o in order that the gate may be swung around without the roller or holding-clips interfering therewith or obstructing its free swing. When now the gate is hung, as before described, and is released so as to have freedom of motion, and supposing it in the partially-open position shown in Fig. 4, its own gravity will have a tendency to cause it to move from the posts-e and f toward the post g and so assist in closing it. WVhen, however, it is desired to partially open the gate, this may be accomplished by simply moving it back to the full-line position shown in Fig. 4, and when it is desired to fully open the gate it will be moved still farther back, so that the roller hand holding-clips u 1) may be freed from the longitudinal bars and the gate be swung around on its pivotal hinge at substantially a right-angular position from that in which it is shown in Fig. 4. When in this position, it will be held nearly or quite balanced and sustained in horizontal posit-ion upon the rollers Z t of the member Z.

I11 opening the gate from its closed to its fully-open position the base of the memberZ will ride up on the inclines r 'r, so that when the gate is released it will first by its own gravity run down on the inclines r 7', bringing the gate to a position parallel or substantially parallel with the posts 6 f g, with a little aid by hand, closing in upon the roller 72. and clips to o, and then by reason of its gravity, due to its slightly-inclined position, it will run on the rollers t and h'back to closed position without exterior aid.

I lay great stress upon the particular construction shown of the inclined ledges r r of the efficient portion of the member 7a, as well as the double rollers in the part Z, since unless there were two rollers to support the gate in substantially horizontal position when it it is fully open the forward or free end or else the backward end would drop down and the gate could not have a tendency to close automatically, as described.

The ledges 7"? on the efficient portion of the member 7; effect the automatic swinging to of the gate, and the double rollers tin the member Z, cooperating with the roller h, assist the gate in being run to fully-closed position in a horizontal direction after swinging to.

The pins q g on the member 7a act as stops to prevent the gate from being opened beyond a substantially right-angular position relatively to its fully-closed position.

It is to be noted that the member 7a is reversible in order that it may be put in posts on one side of the gate or the other-that is, to make the gate what is commonly known as either right or left hand.

It is repeated that the structural oharacteristics of the combined hinge and double rollers comprising the members and Z of the swinging hinge considered in connection with the roller h are the essential features of my improvement, since thereby I am enabled to open and close the gate readily and easily, as described. It will be seen that the gate may be readily lifted off its hinge or be raised from the full-line position represented in Fig. 4 to the dotted-line position in said figure to allow small stock, such as sheep and hogs, to be driven through the gate without opening it, so that larger stock, such as horses and cattle, could pass through.

Having thus explained the nature of the in: vention and described a way of constructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it maybe made or all of the modes of its use, it is declared that what is claimed is- 1. A combined hinge and rollers for farm gates consisting of a member Z provided with rollers at each end, and a centrally-located downwardly-extended pintle, and a member 7.: having the spike m, and provided with a hole 0 for the reception of the pintle and on each side with oppositely-located inclined peripheral ledges, and with stop-pins q projecting from opposite sides and from the outer margin, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a sliding gate, of a combined hinge and rollers consisting of a member Z provided with rollers at each end forming a vertical bearing for a bar of the gate, and a centrally-located downwardly-extended pintle and a member 7.: having the spike m and provided with a hole 0 for the reception of the pintle and on each side with oppositely-located inclined peripheral ledges, and with stop-pins q projecting from opposite sides and from the outer margin, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificatiomin the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 19th day of September, A. D. 1898.

JAMES w. BAKER.

lVitnesses:

ARTHUR W. CRossLEY, ANNIE J. DAILEY. 

